I read this morning on the New York Times on the attack ads on Newt Gingrich from other GOP Presidential candidates.
Among them (see picture) is a one showing Gingrich with Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California and the former House speaker, and Al Gore in the background, asks, “With allies like this, who needs the left?” (I guess they're referring to this "We Can Solve It" global warming ad campaign sponsored by Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection).
How you can win? Very simple. All you have to do is to retweet this post (or the review post) on twitter with the hashtag #ourchoice at the end of your tweet. We will have a raffle on Wednesday, December 21, 5:00PM EST between all the readers that will retweet by then. The winners will be announced the following day.
And by the way, if Newt Gingrich is still interested, he's still welcome to participate. We promise not to tell anyone :)
Since we believe in the digital future of books as a way to reduce eventually the footprint of books, we also believe in apps. Book apps are integral part of the digital age of books and we want to share with you some great book apps we find and thus we are assembling a list of the top 100 book apps.
In order to get into our list apps need to both book/ebook related and affordable - we chose only apps that are either free or cost less than $2.
From now on, every Monday we will update you with a new app on out list of top book apps. Today we're happy to begin with a great book app for children - iStoryBooks. This app is for iPhone and android and it's free.
Here are more details about iStoryBooks app:Free Interactive Children's Books for the new generation!iStoryBooks comes with free books that read itself to your little ones! Yes the books include text and audio. We publish a new book every 2 weeks. Kids can enjoy these books on their own or you can read to them.
When we publish new books they will appear automatically in the App. All books we publish are picture books with audio. We welcome your valuable comments and suggests. Please post your comments and suggestions, play games, puzzles and download coloring pages at facebook.com/iStoryBooks.
Type of books include children's books, story books, bedtime stories, toddler books, preschool books, nursery school books, kindergarten books and picture books with accompanying audio of the text in each page.
Some of our popular books include:
Fairy Tales * Cinderella, the classic story about a beautiful girl named Cinderella who always hoped for the best even during hard times and eventually, her wishes come true! * Snow White, the story of a princess who was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. * Cenicienta, the spanish (espanol) version our most popular book Cinderella.
Animal Story Books * The Blue Fox * The Crow the Doves and the Mouse * The Mean Lion and the Smart Rabbit * The Crow, the Doves and the Mouse * Three Little Pigs
Folk Stories * Stone Soup * Little Red Hen * Little Red Riding Hood
Educational Books * A to Z Animals, A fun book to learn alphabets with pictures of animals. * A to Z Fruits and Vegetables - Junior/Preschool/Yummy Riddles - A set of three books to learn alphabets with pictures of fruits and vegetables. * The World of Trucks - Big and Small - A fun book with pictures and engine sounds of Trucks of various sizes and shapes. Includes Fire Truck with siren and horn, Crane Truck, Garbage Truck, Tow Truck, Picukup Truck, Dump Truck, Road Train etc. * The World of Dinosaurs - Big and Small * National Monuments of America * Things that go - Book with pictures and sounds of cars, trucks, boats and ships.
If you can't decide yet whether to buy a fake or real Christmas tree, because you don't know which option is greener, we have an alternative offer for you - a book tree.
Yes, a colorful tree made of books! Sounds impossible? Just look at the photos sent to GalleyCat with great trees people made from books. And of course, it's not just a unique and fun idea, it's also the greenest tree you can have for Christmas!
And if you still consider which tree to buy and want to know which tree is greener - plastic or natural you can read the answer here and also check this New York Times video:
Last week we updated you on our effort to create a list of the top 100 apps that will help you go green as part of our effort to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. Apps become an integral part of our life and a valuable tool and we believe we should also take advantage of them when it comes go greening up our life.
Every Friday we update you with a new app on the list, and today we're happy to introduce you with a great app that hopefully will get you walking! Our app is Every Body Walk! from everybodywalk.org . This app is for iPhone and android and it's free.
Here are more details about Every Body Walk! app: Every Body Walk! is committed to get Americans up and moving. The Every Body Walk! app enables you to personalize your walking plan, connect with walking communities, learn about the latest fitness trends and tips and more. Get connected and get walking!
Track and save your own walking routes, build your walking history--then share your progress on Facebook! Discover walking groups and walking paths near you with an interactive map! Read the latest news about walking, health news, trends and more!
Watch videos that include walking tips, how communities are embracing walking, advice from experts and more!
Here's an update on a new article I published today on Triple Pundit with the latest news on the new price check app, which is supposed “to guide you in making informed purchase decisions”, and got by now the nickname 'the evil app'. Why? Check the article..
Amazon has always had a love-hate relationship with small businesses. For some, it provided a well-needed online platform to sell their products, while for others it created a competition that drove them out of business. Now, with Amazon’s new price comparison app, which was promoted last Saturday with further discounts for anyone who goes to brick and mortar retailers, but chooses to buy at Amazon, it looks like things are changing. Amazon is becoming the new villain retailer threatening the future of local economies, a role that Wal-Mart filled until recently To read the full article go to http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/12/amazon-new-evil-app-makes-new-enemy-main-street/ Links to other articles I wrote for Triple Pundit can be found at http://www.triplepundit.com/author/raz-godelnik/
Today we continue our series 'Audiobook for the holidays', where we review, recommend and give away 4 great audiobooks. Last week we introduced you to Boomerang by Michael Lewis. Today we're excited to introduce you to an audiobook that is maybe not very new, but given the news from Durban is more relevant than ever.
The audiobook is published by Simon & Schuster Audio. Here's an excerpt from the audiobook narrated by Sex & the City's Cynthia Nixon, Mad Men's John Slattery, and Al Gore:
Here's more about "OUR CHOICE" from Al Gore's introduction to the book:
It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective will.
Properly understood, the climate crisis is an unparalleled opportunity to finally and effectively address many persistent causes of suffering and misery that have long been neglected, and to transform the prospects of future generations, giving them a chance to live healthier, more prosperous lives as they continue their pursuit of happiness.
Our Choice gathers in one place all of the most effective solutions that are available now and that, together, will solve this crisis. It is meant to depoliticize the issue as much as possible and inspire readers to take action -- not only on an individual basis, but as participants in the political processes by which every country, and the world as a whole, makes the choice that now confronts us.
There is an old African proverb that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." We have to go far, quickly.
We can solve the climate crisis. It will be hard, to be sure, but if we can make the choice to solve it, I have no doubt whatsoever that we can and will succeed.
It sounds like a great book and I warmly recommend to get the audiobook - not only that you'll be saving paper, but you'll have it read by John Slattery and Cynthia Nixon, which is a great added value to the interesting content the book has to offer.
"An Inconvenient Truth" made a difference in the way the world is understanding and dealing with global warming and contributed greatly to the progress we have seen in the last couple of years. We can only wonder what impact this book will have.
We're giving away two copies of this audiobook, one of them signed by Al Gore, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Simon audio!
How you can win? Very simple. All you have to do is to retweet this post on twitter with the hashtag #ourchoice at the end of your tweet. We will have a raffle on Wednesday, December 21, 5:00PM EST between all the readers that will retweet by then. The winners will be announced the following day.
If you looked at their latest financial results which were released two weeks ago you could see that bankruptcy is still an option, given the fact that B&N has no viable strategy for its brick and mortar bookstores and put all its efforts into the Nook. We believe that this is a risky strategy considering that B&N competes with Apple and Amazon, which have much deeper pockets and probably better devices to start with.
We're not the only ones who identified the risk of bankruptcy. Motley Fool analysts Austin Smith and Nick Crow also see this risk and they have an interesting video where they discuss how investors can protect themselves from such an event and even profit from it. You can find their video here.
Founded in 2007, Eco-Libris is a green company working to green up the book industry in the digital age by promoting the adoption of green practices in the book industry, balancing out books by planting trees, and helping to make e-reading greener.
To achieve these goals Eco-Libris is working with book readers, publishers, authors, bookstores and others in the book industry worldwide. So far Eco-Libris balanced out over 179,500 books, which results in more than 200,000 new trees planted with its planting partners in developing countries.
I read this morning on the New York Times on the attack ads on Newt Gingrich from other GOP Presidential candidates.
